Ebola Virus Diagnostics: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory in Sierra Leone, August 2014 to March 2015

Ebola Virus Diagnostics: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory in Sierra Leone, August 2014 to March 2015

In August 2014, the Viral Special Pathogens Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established a field laboratory in Sierra Leone in response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak. Through March 2015, this laboratory tested >12 000 specimens from throughout Sierra Leone. We des...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2015-10, Vol.212 (suppl 2), p.S350-S358
Hauptverfasser: Flint, Mike, Goodman, Christin H., Bearden, Scott, Blau, Dianna M., Amman, Brian R., Basile, Alison J., Belser, Jessica A., Bergeron, Éric, Bowen, Michael D., Brault, Aaron C., Campbell, Shelley, Chakrabarti, Ayan K., Dodd, Kimberly A., Erickson, Bobbie R., Freeman, Molly M., Gibbons, Aridth, Guerrero, Lisa W., Klena, John D., Lash, R. Ryan, Lo, Michael K., McMullan, Laura K., Momoh, Gbetuwa, Massally, James L., Goba, Augustine, Paddock, Christopher D., Priestley, Rachael A., Pyle, Meredith, Rayfield, Mark, Russell, Brandy J., Salzer, Johanna S., Sanchez, Angela J., Schuh, Amy J., Sealy, Tara K., Steinau, Martin, Stoddard, Robyn A., Taboy, Céline, Turnsek, Maryann, Wang, David, Zemtsova, Galina E., Zivcec, Marko, Spiropoulou, Christina F., Ströher, Ute, Towner, Jonathan S., Nichol, Stuart T., Bird, Brian H.
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Sprache:eng
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Disease Outbreaks
Ebola virus
Ebolavirus - isolation & purification
Epidemics
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - virology
Humans
Laboratories
Sierra Leone - epidemiology
United States
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Zusammenfassung:In August 2014, the Viral Special Pathogens Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established a field laboratory in Sierra Leone in response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak. Through March 2015, this laboratory tested >12 000 specimens from throughout Sierra Leone. We describe the organization and procedures of the laboratory located in Bo, Sierra Leone.
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/jiv361